Generate Job-Worthy AI Project Ideas from Recent Research Papers + ChatGPT

Bashiri Smith · Facebook reel · 2026-09-22 · 0:43 · 4,311 views · Open on Facebook

Topics: Portfolio Projects, Resume, Job Search & Interviews, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

The video shows a quick way to find portfolio project ideas that show real-world skill. You go to a research-paper listing site (not named on screen, but the categories match arXiv), open a field like AI or machine learning, and look at the newest entries. Then you screenshot 5–10 of them, paste the screenshots into ChatGPT with a prompt, and get 5–10 project ideas with steps and reasons for each. The creator says this approach can "condense two years of work experience into one coding project."

Key points

• Goal: build one strong project based on current research, so it shows the kind of experience employers want.
• Open the research listing website shown in the video. The category names match arXiv subject listings.
• Pick the topic that interests you most. Suggested: Artificial Intelligence; Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science; or Machine Learning.
• Click "see today's new changes" so the list shows only the newest entries.
• Take about 5–10 screenshots that cover as many of the new entries as possible.
• Paste the screenshots into ChatGPT along with the creator's prompt. The prompt isn't shown in the transcript; it comes with the guide you get by commenting.
• ChatGPT should return 5–10 project ideas, each with exact steps and a reason it's worth doing.

Resources mentioned

• arXiv · website · arxiv.org · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  A free archive of research preprints, with daily listings of new papers in fields like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science.
  Also in: 7 Habits to Become an AI Engineer: Books, Tooling, Research & Shipping (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), The complete arXiv corpus as a Hugging Face dataset (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Software Engineer to AI Engineer: Job Boards, Stack, Projects and Learning Sites (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), Red Flags That Hurt Your Chances of Landing an AI-Era Coding Job (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes)
• ChatGPT · tool · chatgpt.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  OpenAI's AI assistant (web, desktop and mobile apps), used for chat, coding, writing and image generation.
  Also in: Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Dots Demo: A Voice AI Agent Handling Travel Booking and Feedback Triage (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), ChatGPT Can Commit Code Directly to Your GitHub Repo (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 23 more
• Bashiri Smith's AI Projects Guide · pdf · drive.google.com · free
  The creator's guide to 27 AI projects, with full architecture, build steps phase by phase, interview talking points, and the stack for each project.
  Also in: 6-Step Framework for Building AI Projects Target Companies Care About (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), 3 AI Portfolio Projects That Get Past the 6-Second Resume Scan (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), 15 Production-Grade AI Projects to Go from Software Engineer to AI Engineer (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), 5 Weekend AI Engineering Projects: Cost Routing, Caching, Evals & Observability (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes) and 3 more

Try this

• Go to the research listing site (arXiv) and pick a category: Artificial Intelligence; Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science; or Machine Learning.
• Click "see today's new changes" to see only the latest entries.
• Take 5–10 screenshots covering as many new entries as you can.
• Paste the screenshots into ChatGPT with the project-idea prompt and review the 5–10 ideas it gives you.
• Comment "PROJECTS" to get the creator's step-by-step guide and the exact prompt.
• Build a coding project based on a recent arXiv paper in AI, ML, or Computational Engineering/Finance/Science, using ChatGPT's step-by-step plan.